Wow! More amazing data to have! (Thinking ahead to trying to book a non-conflicting Jedi training on our visit after we have our BG.). This forum rocks!
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This data is great. Thank you for doing this!
Day 22 Timeline 12/26/19
Link to OP
5:42am Park opens; guests held at HB
6:00am Published park opening; MDE starts issuing BGs
6:15am MDE starts issuing Backup BGs
8:01am MDE stops issuing BGs
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Today was the first day with a 6am official park opening. Initial BGs were gone within 15 minutes but Backup BGs were available for two hours.
Apparently there was an issue where people were not recognized as being in the park after tapping in because today they decided not to scan fingerprints. Lots of angry people at Guest Services complaining that they couldn’t get a BG due to the technical issue. They will probably fix this somehow before tomorrow, but I recommend stationing yourself near a CM at park opening just in case (and keep your whole party together so you can prove you’re all in the park).
I saw reports of people arriving as late as 5:25am and still getting through the tapstiles well before 6am, so you should still be safe arriving between 5:00-5:30am as I previously advised for a 6am opening. You could have arrived as late as 7:30am and still had a decent shot at a Backup BG that will be called.
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Less words, more data.
Below is a trend of when they call BGs throughout the day.
- Min = the lowest they have called (Dec. 5 - Dec .26)
- Max = the highest they have called (Dec. 5 - Dec. 26)
- Avg(All) = the average BG called (Dec. 5 - Dec. 26)
- Avg(7Day) = the average BG called over the past 7 days (Dec. 20 - Dec. 26)
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Now that Steve is tracking all the data I have been, I’m going to stop updating the table at the top and refer back to his thread. I may still comment here on the general trends, and will continue to update the lead post with the latest advice.
Today ALL BGs ran out by 6:15am! Initial BGs were gone in 4 MINUTES! These early open CL 10 days are going to be insane. I expect things will quiet down the week after New Year’s, but for now, make sure you are there 30-60 minutes before scheduled opening.
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4 minutes is insane!
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I just got notice from TP that the first full week in January has moved from 8 am to 7am opening. I am so bummed. We are doing HS on Tuesday the 7th and my family was OK with a 7:15-7:30 time frame, but I haven’t broken it to them about 6:15 to 6:30. I may be going on my own.
Have them still show up at 7:15am. They might still get an evening BG and you could ask a CM to switch yours to their time if you’d rather wait and ride with them.
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thats a great idea. I may even be able to get them there at 7. we are staying at CBR and was hoping to take advantage of the skyway to get there without a lot of hassle
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How many people are in a BG? I’m going tomorrow with my family and I am scared out of my skin that we won’t get to ride after dragging them there at 4:30. Did everyone who was in the park at 6AM today get a BG?
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The hours for our week just got moved to 7am. Not sure I’m a fan…
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I doubt everyone who was there got a BG, but I don’t think you have to arrive earlier than 5:00am if that helps, and you might be ok at 5:30am. The next few days there are no guarantees though - just too many people to reckon with. If it’s important to you, maybe slip away and let your family sleep while you get a BG and ride when you’re called.
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7am openings haven’t been too bad lately if you are just there by 7am (and are ok with a Backup BG). As long as it is not during the holiday break you should be fine!
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I got the email 
I’m not a fan either but I have a feeling GE will be busy so maybe it’s a good thing. I wish I could go to the extra magic hours on Sunday night but I’m not Staying on property.
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Thank you for your work in tracking and summarizing so many days of data. I watched your data closely as we inched towards our arrival at HS on December 18th.
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We get in the afternoon of the 5th so could go to HS EMH that evening, but it’s a CL 10 that day so I think we’ll stay away. We have first half day of 1/7 and all day 1/9 scheduled at HS so that should be plenty of time. Pending BG weirdness. Plus evening of 1/6 but that’s irrelevant to BG.
Hmmm…if Boardwalk Bakery opens at 630am, probably going to need to skip that for 7am opening to hope for earlyish BG. Would be nice to get ROTR out of the way in the 7th to give us more flexibility on the 9th…
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I really want a morning BG so I am going to shoot for an early arrival. I might be taking along a Disney first timer. I hope he can handle it lol
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I would prepare for an afternoon BG as well just in case, as it seems to be entirely up to luck with these kind of crowds. I was in the park way ahead of opening, refreshing my phone frantically and thought I was quick, but got BG 50. That would’ve been around noon at said date if the ride hadn’t gone down.
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I’m not sure I understand what the difference is between a backup BG and a BG. If they didn’t call them that, wouldn’t it come to the same end?
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